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2008 The Players Championship payout Players

Sergio Garcia won $1,710,000 from a $9,500,000 purse. 74 players were paid, and the smallest check was $18,335.

TPC Sawgrass (The Players Stadium Course)

$9.5MPurse
$1.7MWinner's share
$18KSmallest check
74Players paid
68%To the top 10
71Missed the cut

Sergio Garcia finished -5 and took 18% of the purse. It was his 7th PGA Tour win, and 35% of the $4,858,224 he earned that season.

How the 2008 The Players Championship purse was split

Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 68% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.

$0$500K$1.0M$1.5M$2.0M1$1.7MT6T10T15T21T21T27T32T32T42T51T54T54T66T73Smallest check $18K

2008 The Players Championship prize money for every player

Final positions and prize money, with what the same untied position paid the year before.

PosPlayerCountryTo parLast yearPrize money
1Sergio Garcia Spain-5$1,620,000$1,710,000 +6%
2Paul Goydos USA-5$972,000$1,026,000 +6%
3Jeff Quinney USA-4$522,000$646,000 +24%
4Briny Baird USA-1$456,000
5Stephen Ames CanadaE$360,000$380,000 +6%
T6Ben Crane USA+1$281,700$307,562
T6Brett Quigley USA+1$281,700$307,562
T6Ernie Els South Africa+1$281,700$307,562
T6Tom Lehman USA+1$281,700$307,562
T10Chad Campbell USA+2$218,500
T10Dean Wilson USA+2$218,500
T10Greg Kraft USA+2$218,500
T10Henrik Stenson Sweden+2$218,500
T10J.B. Holmes USA+2$218,500
T15Bernhard Langer Germany+3$147,250
T15Fred Couples USA+3$147,250
T15Kenny Perry USA+3$147,250
T15Kevin Stadler USA+3$147,250
T15Stuart Appleby Australia+3$147,250
T15Tim Petrovic USA+3$147,250
T21Boo Weekley USA+4$95,000
T21Ian Poulter England+4$95,000
T21Nicholas Thompson USA+4$95,000
T21Phil Mickelson USA+4$95,000
T21Stewart Cink USA+4$95,000
T21Woody Austin USA+4$95,000
T27Jim Furyk USA+5$67,450
T27John Merrick USA+5$67,450
T27Luke Donald England+5$67,450
T27Rory Sabbatini Slovakia+5$67,450
T27Ryan Moore USA+5$67,450
T32Aaron Baddeley Australia+6$48,260
T32Brian Gay USA+6$48,260
T32David Toms USA+6$48,260
T32Freddie Jacobson Sweden+6$48,260
T32Jerry Kelly USA+6$48,260
T32Jonathan Byrd USA+6$48,260
T32Miguel Angel Jiménez Spain+6$48,260
T32Mike Weir Canada+6$48,260
T32Nick O'Hern Australia+6$48,260
T32Steve Elkington Australia+6$48,260
T42Anthony Kim USA+7$29,830
T42Bart Bryant USA+7$29,830
T42Ben Curtis USA+7$29,830
T42Daniel Chopra Sweden+7$29,830
T42J.J. Henry USA+7$29,830
T42Mark Wilson USA+7$29,830
T42Pat Perez USA+7$29,830
T42Robert Allenby Australia+7$29,830
T42Soren Hansen Denmark+7$29,830
T51Carl Pettersson Sweden+8$22,863
T51D.J. Trahan USA+8$22,863
T51Retief Goosen South Africa+8$22,863
T54Adam Scott Australia+9$21,280
T54Chris DiMarco USA+9$21,280
T54Davis Love III USA+9$21,280
T54Johnson Wagner USA+9$21,280
T54José María Olazábal Spain+9$21,280
T54Ken Duke USA+9$21,280
T54Kevin Na USA+9$21,280
T54Rocco Mediate USA+9$21,280
T54Todd Hamilton USA+9$21,280
T63Charlie Wi South Korea+10$20,235
T63Nick Watney USA+10$20,235
65Cliff Kresge USA+11$19,950
T66Camilo Villegas Colombia+12$19,570
T66José Coceres Argentina+12$19,570
T66Richard Sterne South Africa+12$19,570
T69Heath Slocum USA+13$19,095
T69Jesper Parnevik Sweden+13$19,095
71Jason Bohn USA+14$18,810
72Billy Mayfair USA+15$17,460$18,620 +7%
T73Tommy Armour III USA+19$18,335
T73Troy Matteson USA+19$18,335
MCAlex Cejka Germany+4$0
MCAndres Romero Argentina+12$0
MCÁngel Cabrera Argentina+7$0
MCBill Haas USA+9$0
MCBo Van Pelt USA+10$0
MCBob Estes USA+8$0
MCBrandt Snedeker USA+4$0
MCBrett Wetterich USA+9$0
MCBrian Bateman USA+5$0
MCBrian Davis England+8$0
MCBubba Watson USA+5$0
MCCameron Beckman USA-72$0
MCCharles Howell III USA+9$0
MCCharles Warren USA+15$0
MCCharley Hoffman USA+15$0
MCDudley Hart USA+8$0
MCDustin Johnson USA+9$0
MCFred Funk USA+7$0
MCGeoff Ogilvy Australia+8$0
MCGeorge McNeill USA+7$0
MCHunter Mahan USA-72$0
MCJason Gore USA-72$0
MCJeff Maggert USAE$0
MCJeff Overton USA+9$0
MCJoe Ogilvie USA+7$0
MCJohn Mallinger USA+8$0
MCJohn Rollins USA+6$0
MCJohn Senden Australia+4$0
MCJ.P. Hayes USA+14$0
MCJustin Leonard USA+5$0
MCJustin Rose England+7$0
MCKevin Sutherland USA+4$0
MCK.J. Choi South Korea+13$0
MCLee Westwood England+7$0
MCLucas Glover USA+15$0
MCMark Calcavecchia USA+7$0
MCMark Hensby Australia+5$0
MCMathew Goggin Australia+7$0
MCMathias Gronberg Sweden+6$0
MCMatt Jones Australia+8$0
MCMatt Kuchar USA+9$0
MCMichael Allen USA+6$0
MCMichael Campbell New Zealand+8$0
MCNathan Green Australia+6$0
MCNiclas Fasth Sweden+4$0
MCPadraig Harrington Ireland+6$0
MCPaul Casey England+9$0
MCPeter Lonard Australia+7$0
MCRich Beem USA+8$0
MCRichard Johnson Wales+6$0
MCRobert Garrigus USA+11$0
MCRod Pampling Australia+5$0
MCRyan Armour USA+9$0
MCRyuji Imada Japan+5$0
MCScott Verplank USA+5$0
MCSean O'Hair USA+4$0
MCShaun Micheel USA+8$0
MCShigeki Maruyama Japan+9$0
MCStephen Leaney Australia+6$0
MCSteve Flesch USA+6$0
MCSteve Lowery USA+9$0
MCSteve Marino USA+12$0
MCSteve Stricker USA+9$0
MCTim Clark South Africa+15$0
MCTim Herron USA+10$0
MCTim Wilkinson New Zealand+5$0
MCTom Pernice Jr. USA+10$0
MCTrevor Immelman South AfricaE$0
MCVaughn Taylor USA+9$0
MCVijay Singh Fiji+4$0
MCZach Johnson USA+11$0

The Players Championship winner's share over time

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$0$1.0M$2.0M$3.0M$4.0M$5.0M7475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899000102030405060708$1.7M0910111213141516171819212223242526

2008 The Players Championship payout FAQ

How much did the winner of the 2008 The Players Championship get?

Sergio Garcia won $1,710,000 from a $9,500,000 purse.

What was the 2008 The Players Championship purse?

$9,500,000.

How much did last place get at the 2008 The Players Championship?

The smallest check was $18,335, to Troy Matteson (T73).

How many players made the cut at the 2008 The Players Championship?

74 players made the cut and finished, and 71 players missed it.

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